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Nov 14, 2010

"We learn what we have said from those who listen to our speaking." --Kenneth Patton

Bilingual Babies Learn in the Womb

Babies who hear two languages regularly when they are in their mother's womb are more open to being bilingual, a study published this week in Psychological Science shows. Researchers tested one group of newborns who only heard English in the womb and the others who heard English and Tagalog and the infants exposed to two languages during pregnancy showed an equal preference for each one.